Polaris TPS adjuster tool

[Spaarky]

I have been a little spoiled. Buddy of mine has always check TPS. He keeps getting busier, so it is time to nut up and learn to do it myself. I know its not to hard, just tedious. I need to go through my newest sled. The idle is a little low. It may need a adjustment to throttle cable too.

4-5 years ago, I bought one from Tonka on ebay. Works great nice piece. About $50

Indy Specialties has the new one that is $250. What are the advantages of this piece, is it worth it???

Thanx

 

[SRXSRULE]

No special tester needed. all you need is an accurate volt meter, a 12 volt battery and a couple jumper wires. Put power and ground to the ECM power up test lead and the computer will supply your 5 volt signal to the tps sensor, then you can back probe the connector and get your readings.

Nothing hard about it.... after you spend an hour tearing your sled apart

 

[tdbaugha]

Buy or make a cheap power up cord for 12V power, and then just back probe the pin on the ECU connector with your multimeter. $Free.99

 

[Spaarky]

Will that run through my BD controller??? I have read sometimes the fuel controller can alter tps readings.

 

[tdbaugha]

Good question, I'm not sure how the BD controller works or where it ties into. But the TPS voltage that the ECU sees (which is what you want) can't get more accurate than back probing the ECU connector. You can find which wire it is in the back of the service manual.

 

[WAsledder]

You can also power up the ecm power connector down by the bag above your clutch side shock tower. It's labeled and hard to miss

 

[Scott]

If you have a regular digital gauge, it can go into playback mode and it can tell you what the TPS voltage is at throttle position.

Youtube it.

 

[Spaarky]

English???

 

[Scott]

Our 600 was messed up. The controls were jacked and it keep going into "playback" mode, which I'd never heard of.
So I went looking around in YouTube and found this.

It's true that you can see a TPS reading on the screen.

https://youtu.be/tn61S4vsxs0

 

[SRXSRULE]

Our 600 was messed up. The controls were jacked and it keep going into "playback" mode, which I'd never heard of.
So I went looking around in YouTube and found this.

It's true that you can see a TPS reading on the screen.

https://youtu.be/tn61S4vsxs0

Correct, you can see the tps voltage on the dash, and it basically has no value in checking to see if your tps voltage is correct.

Until you have set the base voltage, nothing else matters.

 

[New To Sleds]

One of you guys who has done this before, or someone who likes to shoot videos: I make a tool that is exactly for this (www.TPSTool.com) and I'm looking to hire someone to shoot a video using the tool on a snowmobile. Where I live there are no snowmobiles, the tool was developed using motorcycles, but it should work just the same. Is anyone interested?

I would also like to support this site and pay for some ads as soon as I can confirm that the kit includes adapters to fit popular snowmobiles. Would anyone be willing to post a picture of the TPS plug on your snowmobile? Here's an example video using a motorcycle:

https://youtu.be/f_FZ2tBDjTY?t=300

 

[Quicksand]

I'm not sure how you guys are back probing, but you're more likely gonna cause more issues than you're gonna fix, water intrusion and poor terminal tension are some of the most common causes of electrical issues in my job.

 

[richracer1]

FWIW, I make TPS test cables for all of the Polaris EFI sleds. I have and use the test cable on my 2014 & 2016 Pro-RMKs.



Go check out my thread in the EFI section. TPS Test Cables & Kits


I will be out of town for the forum ride but will be back on 4 Feb.